{"id":78933,"date":"2023-08-10T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/08\/10\/brazils-lula-tries-to-secure-a-unified-front-for-amazon-ahead-of-cop28\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T01:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:00:47","slug":"brazils-lula-tries-to-secure-a-unified-front-for-amazon-ahead-of-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/08\/10\/brazils-lula-tries-to-secure-a-unified-front-for-amazon-ahead-of-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s Lula tries to secure a unified front for Amazon ahead of COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"

No deforestation goal agreed upon at Amazon summit:<\/strong> Eight Amazon nations failed to reach consensus on a common goal to end deforestation at a major rainforest summit<\/a> held in Brazil\u2019s Belem, although they did agree to a number of unified environmental policies and measures to strengthen regional cooperation, Reuters<\/a> reports. Although the summit aimed to create an alliance to combat deforestation, it left each country to determine its own deforestation targets. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been trying to bring the Amazon nations together behind a unified policy to end deforestation by 2030, a goal his own country has already adopted.<\/p>\n

But perhaps a unified front at COP28?<\/strong> Lula hopes rainforest countries will present a unified front at international climate talks, according to another Reuters<\/a> report. He has repeatedly urged wealthy nations to deliver on pledges for climate finance for poor and vulnerable nations who contribute little to global warming. \u201cWe want to prepare for the first time a joint document of all forest countries to arrive united at COP28, in the United Arab Emirates, that we can seriously discuss with rich countries,\u201d Lula said last week.<\/p>\n

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Japan partners with Namibia in search for EV battery minerals: <\/strong>The Japanese government has signed an agreement with Namibia to jointly explore for cobalt and other minerals critical to EV battery production in the African country, Reuters<\/a> reports. Namibia has known deposits<\/a> of lithium, graphite, tantalum, and cobalt, which was first discovered in the country<\/a> in 2018. The Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security is already working with Namibia's state-owned mining firm Epangelo on developing the country\u2019s Lofdil project, which has reserves of yttrium \u2014 critical to wind turbine manufacturing<\/a> \u2014 as well as dysprosium and terbium, both valuable rare earths used in permanent magnets that go into EVs and wind turbines.<\/p>\n

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